Would You Close?

[SilverSabre25]

My house is in serious need of some reorganization, cleaning, and decluttering. I feel like I"m drowning in mess and chaos and I can NOT bring a baby home to this mess--even if it weren't for daycare I couldn't do it. If I do, it's going to throw me into PPD again and I can NOT handle that again, not this time, not no way, not no how.

I am thinking about closing for one or two days at the end of the month--less than my usual notice but I don't think I can stand waiting much longer than that. I would send DD to her grandparents and DH to work and just get it all done at once.

Would you do such a thing?

This might just be a pregnant anxiety attack (Yeah, I get really bad anxiety during pregnancy and it manifests in weird ways) and I might feel more...calm...about it in the morning, but I'm wondering about it now, soooo....

[kendallina]

You know your families best. Do they all have pretty good back-ups? It's pretty short notice if they don't, but if they all have pretty good back-ups then I think you should be fine to get a couple of weeks off early. Are you taking a maternity leave?

I don't blame you for wanting to get things in order before the baby comes. It's a busy enough time but then to have daycare kids there all day, it makes it impossible to get things done.

[My4SunshineGirlsNY]

We all deserve a day off here and there...I know it's hard for some parents to find a back up...but I say take a day or 2 and get it done. I personally stress out if everything is cluttered and disorganized so if you need to get this done, take that day or two...unless you can fit it in on the weekend.

[SilverSabre25]

Kendallina I'm just looking for a couple days...though a couple weeks would be heavenly, ! I'm not taking much of a maternity leave; I just can't afford it and I know my families can't either.

SunshineGirls, I work 6 days a week (though one day is only one dcb and that's a special consideration) but even so, with my DD here, only so much can get accomplished. And with my DH here, even less so . Otherwise, evenings and weekends would be fine.

[nikia]

You are open six days a week and are pregnant. You deserve time off to get things done. Close up for a few days, I would give notice now though. I know for me if I have to see the clutter and all of that it drives me insane and I get cranky ::

[lvt77]

you dont need a day off to clean sweetie you need a day off to rest and relax..... only if you could..................... Don't work so hard to always please everyone else. think of yourself too...

[ammama]

i'm pregnant too, and I know just what you mean. Hubby and I spent Christmas holidays decluttering and organizing every room in the house. Before Christmas, I thought I was going to go crazy if I had to look at the clutter filling everything for another day! I feel so much better since I reopened after Christmas, with the organizing done. I think you should do it - hire someone to help you if you can afford it! Even just a friend to bounce ideas off of, and be a bit of a gopher (this goes in that closet, this goes in the giveaway box etc). I had my husband and 7 year old do those jobs for me.

[Francine]

This is not the same thing but a couple of years ago I had a house full of sick kids, it went on and on, round and round for what seemed like forever. No matter how much I cleaned and disinfected it just didn't end. Finally I had had enough and I told everybody that I was closing Thursday and Friday for two reasons, one the kids needed to get away from each other and two I needed to bleach the house. I cleaned everything and it felt great.

I say if you can, do it!

[kendallina]

Kendallina I'm just looking for a couple days...though a couple weeks would be heavenly, ! I'm not taking much of a maternity leave; I just can't afford it and I know my families can't either.

SunshineGirls, I work 6 days a week (though one day is only one dcb and that's a special consideration) but even so, with my DD here, only so much can get accomplished. And with my DH here, even less so . Otherwise, evenings and weekends would be fine.

Oh I must have misread it, 'a couple of weeks', maybe I was dreaming. A couple of days? I would do it!

[SandeeAR]

I would do it. We had to move on New Years Day. I gave my families one month notice, that I would be taking the Monday after New Years off. Told them I could be set up for kids in 48 hours, but Not 24 hours LOL.

They all understood. Two took PDO time and one has flexibility and works 3 days a week, she just took another day to work.